Attachment for braiding machinery



Nov. 15, 1927. 1,649,476

R. B, KALBACH ATTACHMENT FOR BRAIDING MACHINERY Filed Jan, 12, 1925 d i 'I 'A l' @j INVENTOR:

ijatented N ov. 15, 1927.

narran srarss PATENT OFFCE.

ATTACHMENT 1FOR BRA'IDING MACHINERY.

Application tiled January 12, 1925. Serial No. 1,748.

This invention, generally stated, relates to braiding machinery and has more especial relation to a novel form of bobbin carrier therefor. y

in U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,487,860 granted tome under date of March 25, 1924, there is disclosed a rug manufactured of wool throughout, including fillers, some of the strands being dyed a desired color and others being of a natural color. A rug of this character is made up of braid as formed upon a braiding machine of the type employed to make twocore soutache or flat braid. in a machine of this kind, as at present practiced, it strands, both colored and natural, that they become twisted or intertwined in passing from the bobbins to the braid former. Practice dictates that this is quite undesirable for the reason that uniformity of colored strands with respect to strands of natural wool is not obtainable with the result that in the completed rug there is liable to be, and frequently does occur, a motley or uri-uniform array of strands tending to break up or destroy the V'design and continuity of rug desired. While this, it is true, does not adect', the wearing qualities of a rug it has the tendency to, and very often does, prevent a sale, thus necessitating sacrilice of the rug as a second to the manufacturers loss, the chief reason being that the strands are laid irregularly so that those of different colors overlap each other to defeat a. pronounced design.

The leading object of the present invention is to overcome the above described disadvantageous features and provide a novel form of bobbin carrier for a braiding machine in which strands of yarn, rags or other material of any desired or combination of colors or any desired number of strands are fed from a bobbin to the braid former separate and apart whereby said strands evenly, uniformly spaced, and in untwisted relation are properly braided by the machine so that in the finished braid, and eventually the rug, the colored strands appear properly and uniformly spaced with respect to the natural or undyed yarn to carry out the design and effeet desired. A further object resides in the provision of a novel form of bobbin carrier for obtaining the results sought by the said leading object. Other and further objects, not at this time more specifically referred to, will appear hereinafter.

happens in feeding thel rlhe invention consists of the novel construction hereinafter described and finally claimed. y

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in which:

Fig. 1, is a view in elevation of a carrier embodying features of the invention.

Fig. 2, is a top or plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8, is a view in horizontal section taken upon the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4, is a view in perspective of so much of a braiding machine as isnecessary to anunderstanding of the invention and equipped with bobbinl carriers embodying features of the invention. y

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown in the accompanying drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, Ysince the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the kvarious instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my inven-l tion is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as hereiny shown and described.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference numeral 10 designates a bobbin carrier, of which two are shown for illustrative purposes only. These bobbin carriers in operation feed yarn to a braid former 11 for forming braid, such as is disclosed in my said Letters Patent. These bobin carriers travel in a tortuous path through grooves or slots 12 in the top plate 13 of a braiding machine and are operated through the instrumentality of intermeshing gear wheels 14 mounted upon the bottom plate 15 of a braiding machine as is well understood in the art. Mounted upon each carrier 10 is a bobbin 16 provided with strands of yarn or other material. Some of these strands may be dyed a suitable color and others may be natural. The particular arrangement or assortment is immaterial since this is a mere matter of choice and many different combinations are employed in the practice of making my rugs. However, at least some of the bobbins contain both natural and dyed strands of yarn and it is of the essence of the present invention that the strands of natural yarn be fed to the ias braid former, spaced or separated from the dyed strands of yarn and also that dilierent colored yarn be fed in spa-ced relation. In order to obtain this result I provide a bobbin carrier with a laterally projected auX- iliary eye 17 in a plane below and in register with the conventional eye 18 of the carrier. The eye 17 may be cast integral with the carrier rod 19 or may be separately attached thereto in any desired manner, as by tapping the rod 19 and securing thereto an'eye having a screw threaded stem 20. Carried by the conventional eye 18 is a horizontally arranged guide or ringer 21 the it'unction of which is to further aid in maintaining the strands of yarn separate and apart in being fed to the braid former 11. 1t is thus apparent that strands of yarn or the like as fed to the braid former are maintained separate, spaced and apart so that twisting, overlapping, or'inter-twining oit saine prior to beingI received by the braid former is precluded; Thus in the braiding operation, each strand, having been fed separately, is braided in proper location with respect to each and every other strand to produce a braid especially adapted to forni a rug of the type shown, described and claimed in my patent aforesaid; 1

It will now be apparent that 1 have devised-a novel and useful construction which embodies the features o1' advantage enumer-` ated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description and while rea-save I have in the present instance shown and described the preferred embodiment thereot which has been found in practice to give satisfactory andreliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of inodiiication in various particulars Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrii'icing any of its advantages.

lVhat .l claim is:

1. A bobbin carrier of the character stated provided with a conventionalA eye and an auxiliary eye located in a plane below and in register with said conventional eye, and a horizontally disposed linger forming a distinct, separate thread guide carried by said conventional eye.

2. 1n a braiding machine the combination oll a bobbin carrier including its compleniental bobbin, which bobbin is adaptedv to carry yarn or the like of different characteristics, saidv carrier having a conventional eye and an auxiliary eye in a plane below and in register with said conventional eye,

the conventional eye being' adapted to re-.

ceive strands et' yarn or the like of onechar-A acteristic, andthe auxiliary eye being adapted to receive strands of yarn or the like of another characteristic, and a braidV former te which strands of yarn or different characteristics are adapted to befed separately, spaced, and apart. 'i i 'Y In testimony whereof, l have hereunto signed my name.

RAYMOND e. Kane-Aon. 

